Aarshin's Field of View Experiment

On Monday, th 3rd of November, we did an experiment which was called "Field of View". The aim of this experiment was to see how far the NXT 's ultrasonic sensor could "see" an object. I had Michael Cummings, Drew Luthy and Avery Kennedy. We first used a ruler to measure 110 cm from the where we had statoned the NXT. We would then put tape on that line. We would then put our object (a 100 Plus can) anywhere between there. If the robot could "see" the object, we would place a pece of tape there. One thing we found out was that the robot cannot see objects that aren't straight in its path. The ultrasonic sensor couldn't detect any object that was towards the side. Our robot detected the object almost wherever we had put it (except if it was in the side). All of us put equal effort into this experiment.